Validation of the Neck Disability Index in Serbian Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to translate the Neck Disability Index into the Serbian language (NDI-S) and to investigate the validity of this version for use in Serbian population.

Methods: Fifty patients with cervical radiculopathy were enrolled in the study and completed a multidimensional questionnaire, including NDI-S. Inclusion criteria were ages between 18 and 65 years, Serbian speaking, no cognitive or hearing impairment, sharp and radiating neck and upper extremity pain that has lasted less than 12 months, radiculopathy signs evaluated by electromyoneurography and disc herniation, or spondylotic changes of cervical spine visualized on magnetic resonance imaging.

Prognostic factors and survival of ALS patients from Belgrade, Serbia.

Our aim was to assess the incidence, survival and its prognostic factors in ALS patients from the area of the City of Belgrade, Serbia. A retrospective analysis included 325 probable or definite ALS cases from all five Belgrade neurology departments in the period 1992-2009. Each patient was regularly followed up during the disease until death or until 31 December 2009.